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Electric fabric

New postby fabric_addict on Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:45 pm

Don't worry about power outages, just wear electric fabric!

I heard about a new fabric on a podcast:
http://www.sciam.com/podcast/podcast.mp ... 27B8FDC443

It would be too cool to make clothes that generate electricity. :D
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Re: Electric fabric

New postby Pudge99 on Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:58 pm

Clothing has always generated electricity(think about the snap,crackle when you remove a sweater). I guess it makes sense to try and use it.
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Re: Electric fabric

New postby MartySews2 on Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:14 pm

Sounds great until you get caught in a thunderstorm. Can you imagine the charge that one would get out of that? Static electricity is bad enough but I think I'll stick with regular fabric for now. Just because it can be created doesn't mean it's a great idea.
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